Sun in Chinese (Mandarin): 太阳 (tàiyáng)
太阳
tàiyáng
sun
- Simplified
- 太阳
- Traditional
- 太陽
- Pinyin
- tàiyáng
- Typed as
- taiyang
Use it in a sentence
太阳出来了。
太陽出來了。
The sun has come out.
The characters in 太阳
太
Very, too; also great.
4 strokes
阳 / 陽
Sun, sunlight. 日 (sun) is on the right.
6 strokes
太 is fourth tone, falling; 阳 is second tone, rising. Sunshine is 阳光 (yángguāng).
More examples with 太阳
太阳很热。
太陽很熱。
Tàiyáng hěn rè.
The sun is very hot.
太阳下山了。
太陽下山了。
Tàiyáng xià shān le.
The sun has set.
How to write 太阳 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
太 4 strokes
阳 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
陽 11 strokes
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